About me
Experienced and established Person Centred Counsellor offering Individual and Couple/Relationship in-person appointments in Kendal. For London and elsewhere, I offer online video appointments only. (My current website is London-oriented, with my new website for Kendal is coming soon!)
As well as my initial core training and qualification in Person Centred Counselling (2000) I am additionally qualified in Sex and Relationship therapy, and I have an interest and substantial training in working with those who want to discuss the impact of Boarding School on their life in the present.
I have been working with individuals since 1996 and with couples since 2011. I am committed to helping people tap back into their own resources in order to solve problems and make changes. Perhaps you are feeling flat, low, worried, stressed or desperate. Maybe you are having difficulty in a relationship, or with your work, or perhaps you are unhappy about the quality or direction of your life.
You are free to discuss anything with me that concerns or worries you, whether it is an individual issue, relationship issue or family issue; whether your concern is depression, generalised anxiety, panic attacks, stress, or a work related issue; anger or anger management, bereavement, separation and divorce, trauma, childhood related issues and boarding school issues, addiction, sexuality or sexual identity, or perhaps you have an interest in personal development.
I work with individuals and couples on a long or short term basis. I support couples via couple counselling at any stage of their relationship to improve communication, negotiation and compromise, to develop intimacy, throughout separation and divorce, recovery from affairs and betrayals, sexual differences and difficulties. I work with couples to understand and resolve the impact of bereavement, trauma, childhood related issues, addiction, depression, work related stress, infertility, family related issues and cultural differences. I see couples of every sexual and gender orientation.
I have worked since 1996 primarily in independent practice, as well as having had some experience within the NHS and voluntary sector (bereavement, alcohol, and with survivors of sexual abuse and their families).
I offer clinical supervision to experienced and trainee counsellors on an individual basis and within group settings.
I offer a respectful, sensitive, honest and empathic approach.
Do please feel free to call me on 07732607818 if you have any questions or for an brief exploratory chat. If I do not pick up, leave a message with your name and a contact number. Let me know when its NOT ok to call back. Or email me on diane@citypsychotherapy.london or via the site.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am qualified in the the following:
Diploma Integrative Psychosexual Therapy, 2011
Certificate Psychosexual Health, 2007
Advanced Diploma Couples Therapy, Certificate of Attendance, 2019
Certificate Person Centred Couple Counselling, 2009
Certificate CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) and Mindfulness, 2007
Diploma Working with Addiction, 2002
Diploma Working with Survivors of Abuse, 2001
Diploma Person Centred Counselling, 2000
Post-Graduate Diploma Contemporary Person Centred Studies, 2018
Certificate Skills for Working Online, 2020 (COSRT Accredited)
I am also qualified/trained in the following:
Diploma Person Centred Supervision, 2008
Certificate Person Centred Supervision, 2007
Certificate Person Centred Supervision, 2004
Certificate Advanced Person Centred Expressive Arts Therapy Group Facilitation, 2015
I have completed a training at Diploma level in Specialist Psychotherapy with Ex-Boarders
I hold a BA First Class (Hons) in English Literature and an MA in English Literature: Modern Literary Cultures
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 per session
Additional information
Kendal in-person £70 for individual therapy, £90 for couple/relationship therapy
London and elsewhere online £80 for individual therapy, £100 for couple therapy
When I work
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Further information
I am a registered member of the British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) and abide by the Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions
I am a General Member of COSRT (College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists)
As is a requirement of membership of the above associations, I consult on a monthly basis and in absolute confidence with a counselling supervisor regarding my work in order to support and maintain best practice.
I hold Professional Indemnity Insurance
An Enhanced DBS check
And my ICO No is ZA514618 (Information Commissioners Office)
For further information regarding the Person Centred Approach to Counselling, see www.the-pca.org.uk
